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Itinerary for Feb 9 — Feb 14, 2014

Description: Nestled in south beach, the oceanfront South Seas Hotel in Miami Beach is a boutique hideaway in an A-list location. The hotels décor is a mix of style and understatement blending mid-century Miami Beach modernism with an array of contemporary features. Tropical bougainvillea frame a sweeping entranceway and vintage photographs cataloguing Miami’s social history, are featured throughout the building. With the quaint boutique shops of Lincoln Road Mall and Ocean Drive, outdoor café’s, and top notch restaurants, the South Seas places you in the center of it all.

Facility amenities: Only steps from the sand and surf of Miami Beach, the South Seas Hotel is one of the few South Beach hotels located directly on the beach – with oceanfront rooms and suites offering uninterrupted views of the ocean, pool or South Beach skyline.

Smoking policy: NoSmoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Special Rate May ApplyPlease contact the South Seas Hotel directly from 9 am - 5 pm EST at 1-800-345-2678 for pre or post program nights. Please tell them you are with the Road Scholar group. Depending on availability a special rate may be available

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day One: Sunday, February 09 - Arrival and Hotel Check-in, Program Registration,...

Afternoon: Program Registration: After you have your room assignment, come over to the Road Scholar desk in the lobby to register with the program staff, pick up your arrival packet containing your name tag and up-to-date schedule, and other important information. (If you arrive late, please pick up your packet at the hotel front desk.)

Dinner: Enjoy a plated three-course dinner at the hotel's Pilikia, a poolside Polynesian-style café featuring casual American fare with international influences. There will be a choice of entrée (one of which will be vegetarian), side dishes, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverages.

Evening: Orientation: The Group Leader will greet you with a warm welcome, introduce everyone, and provide key contact information. We will review the up-to-date daily schedule and any changes, discuss responsibilities, safety guidelines, emergency procedures, and answer any questions you may have.

Please be aware that program activities and scheduled times could change due to local circumstances. In the event of changes, we will alert you as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Take the rest of the evening to settle in and get a good night's sleep for the day ahead.

Description: Nestled in south beach, the oceanfront South Seas Hotel in Miami Beach is a boutique hideaway in an A-list location. The hotels décor is a mix of style and understatement blending mid-century Miami Beach modernism with an array of contemporary features. Tropical bougainvillea frame a sweeping entranceway and vintage photographs cataloguing Miami’s social history, are featured throughout the building. With the quaint boutique shops of Lincoln Road Mall and Ocean Drive, outdoor café’s, and top notch restaurants, the South Seas places you in the center of it all.

Facility amenities: Only steps from the sand and surf of Miami Beach, the South Seas Hotel is one of the few South Beach hotels located directly on the beach – with oceanfront rooms and suites offering uninterrupted views of the ocean, pool or South Beach skyline.

Smoking policy: NoSmoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Special Rate May ApplyPlease contact the South Seas Hotel directly from 9 am - 5 pm EST at 1-800-345-2678 for pre or post program nights. Please tell them you are with the Road Scholar group. Depending on availability a special rate may be available

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Two: Monday, February 10 - Early Miami Beach Natural History, South of 5th S...

Breakfast: At the hotel, enjoy a buffet with hot and cold items including cereals, fruit, coffee and tea.

Morning: Early Miami Beach Natural History. We will gather outdoors (in good weather) to learn about the natural history of early Miami Beach.

Lunch: We will dine at a restaurant to enjoy the local fare!

Afternoon: South of 5th Street. Today we walk along the shoreline of the southern tip of South Beach. Learn about the entrepreneurial vision that created the Miami Beach Marina; listen to the dramatic story of the Government Cut and how it transformed Miami and the Biscayne Bay. Explore beautiful South Pointe Park, taking time to walk out on the jetties. Walk to the Browns Hotel, the first hotel built in South Beach, then circle back around to Joe's Stone Crab, one of South Florida's landmark eateries. Finally, we will move up mid-district to see Miami Beach's recently restored historic City Hall.

Dinner: Dinner this evening is on your own to enjoy the local fare of your choice. The Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions.

Description: Nestled in south beach, the oceanfront South Seas Hotel in Miami Beach is a boutique hideaway in an A-list location. The hotels décor is a mix of style and understatement blending mid-century Miami Beach modernism with an array of contemporary features. Tropical bougainvillea frame a sweeping entranceway and vintage photographs cataloguing Miami’s social history, are featured throughout the building. With the quaint boutique shops of Lincoln Road Mall and Ocean Drive, outdoor café’s, and top notch restaurants, the South Seas places you in the center of it all.

Facility amenities: Only steps from the sand and surf of Miami Beach, the South Seas Hotel is one of the few South Beach hotels located directly on the beach – with oceanfront rooms and suites offering uninterrupted views of the ocean, pool or South Beach skyline.

Smoking policy: NoSmoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Special Rate May ApplyPlease contact the South Seas Hotel directly from 9 am - 5 pm EST at 1-800-345-2678 for pre or post program nights. Please tell them you are with the Road Scholar group. Depending on availability a special rate may be available

Morning: First listen to an expert on Art Deco and then enjoy a leisurely guided walk around the famous Art Deco District, the first 20th Century neighborhood to be recognized by the National Register of Historic Places, with 800 structures of historical significance, mostly built between 1923 and 1943. Your guide, a historian and preservationist, will point out many of the bright pastel buildings with sleek curves, shiny chrome, and relief ornamentation featuring whimsical flora, fauna, and ocean-liner motifs.

Lunch: Lunch at local restaurant, Puerto Sagua.

Afternoon: Explore Wolfsonian Museum. View Mitchell "Micky” Wolfson’s master collection of Decorative and Propaganda Arts in a fortress-like building once used as a hurricane-proof storage facility. The vast assemblage includes furniture, paintings, books, prints, industrial and decorative art objects, and ephemera. In 1997 it became a division of Florida International University (FIU).

Dinner: Dinner this evening is on your own to enjoy the cuisine of your choice. The Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions.

Evening: Free Evening: Take in more of what this amazing city has to offer on your own. You might want to catch a show from current offerings, watch the passing parade that animates South Beach nightlife, or simply spend time with new Road Scholar friends.

Description: Nestled in south beach, the oceanfront South Seas Hotel in Miami Beach is a boutique hideaway in an A-list location. The hotels décor is a mix of style and understatement blending mid-century Miami Beach modernism with an array of contemporary features. Tropical bougainvillea frame a sweeping entranceway and vintage photographs cataloguing Miami’s social history, are featured throughout the building. With the quaint boutique shops of Lincoln Road Mall and Ocean Drive, outdoor café’s, and top notch restaurants, the South Seas places you in the center of it all.

Facility amenities: Only steps from the sand and surf of Miami Beach, the South Seas Hotel is one of the few South Beach hotels located directly on the beach – with oceanfront rooms and suites offering uninterrupted views of the ocean, pool or South Beach skyline.

Smoking policy: NoSmoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Special Rate May ApplyPlease contact the South Seas Hotel directly from 9 am - 5 pm EST at 1-800-345-2678 for pre or post program nights. Please tell them you are with the Road Scholar group. Depending on availability a special rate may be available

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Four: Wednesday, February 12 - Miami Beach in World War II, Lincoln Road, Holoca...

Morning: Our expert will discuss Miami Beach's Contributions to World War II. From 1942-1945, Miami Beach played a significant role in the war effort. Nearly 500,000 men, including movie idol Clark Gable, took over 300 hotels and buildings for housing and training headquarters, calling it "the most beautiful boot camp in America."Lincoln Road. Discover cultural and historic treasures while walking down Lincoln Road.

Lunch: Enjoy lunch at local restaurant, Van Dyke.

Afternoon: With private access inside, look upon architectural gems such as the Frank Gehry-designed New World Symphony building.Then, led by our Group Leader who is also a naturalist, enjoy some sweet serenity at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden. MB Garden today is a public-private partnership: owned by the city and operated by the non-profit Miami Beach Garden Conservancy.The botanical collections range from bromeliads to cycads (prehistoric plants), flowering trees, orchids, palms, vines, a Japanese Garden, and much more.Holocaust Memorial. We will have a guided exploration of this poignant and moving memorial to victims of the Holocaust, the first to be built in America.

Dinner: Dine out on your own this evening to enjoy the cuisine of your choice.

Evening: Free Evening. Personal independent exploration or rest and relaxation, the evening is at your leisure and pleasure.

Description: Nestled in south beach, the oceanfront South Seas Hotel in Miami Beach is a boutique hideaway in an A-list location. The hotels décor is a mix of style and understatement blending mid-century Miami Beach modernism with an array of contemporary features. Tropical bougainvillea frame a sweeping entranceway and vintage photographs cataloguing Miami’s social history, are featured throughout the building. With the quaint boutique shops of Lincoln Road Mall and Ocean Drive, outdoor café’s, and top notch restaurants, the South Seas places you in the center of it all.

Facility amenities: Only steps from the sand and surf of Miami Beach, the South Seas Hotel is one of the few South Beach hotels located directly on the beach – with oceanfront rooms and suites offering uninterrupted views of the ocean, pool or South Beach skyline.

Smoking policy: NoSmoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Special Rate May ApplyPlease contact the South Seas Hotel directly from 9 am - 5 pm EST at 1-800-345-2678 for pre or post program nights. Please tell them you are with the Road Scholar group. Depending on availability a special rate may be available

Morning: Enjoy a lecture with expert Seth Bramson titled "L'Chaim! The History of the Jewish Community of Greater Miami

Lunch: At local restaurant, Jerry's Famous Deli.

Afternoon: Jewish Museum of Florida. The award-winning Jewish Museum is a partnership between the museum and Florida International University. The museum’s exhibits illustrate the richness and diversity of Jewish life and the unique ways in which Florida Jews influence and are influenced by the historic and cultural dynamics of the state, the nation, and the world.Walk the streets of South Beach’s cultural district and see the Bass Museum of Art with a docent, a building ripe with architectural significance and history

Morning: The Group Leader will discuss many of the recent changes in South Beach. The program concludes with this final session.

Please remember that hotel check-out is by 11:00am.

We hope you have enjoyed this encounter with the history and culture of America’s art deco playground, South Beach, and will join us for other rewarding Road Scholar programs in the future. Please stay in touch and share your memories, pictures, and comments via the Road Scholar Social Network. Best wishes for all your journeys!

Meals Included: Breakfast

Free Time Opportunities

Miami

Fairchild Tropical Botanical GardenFairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is one of the world's preeminent botanic gardens, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees, tropical fruit trees, vines, and succulents. Opened in 1938, the 83-acre garden is among the region's most popular visitor attractions and offers tours along with a variety of programs in environmental education, conservation and horticulture. An international leader in tropical plant conservation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden plays an important part in preserving the biodiversity of the tropical environment.For additional information, visit: www.fairchildgarden.org/

History Miami MuseumAccredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM) in 1979, The History Miami Museum is one of the largest private, regional history museums in the state. It offers exhibitions that appeal to a wide audience interested in the South Florida and the Caribbean community, while at the same time engaging residents and tourists alike.For additional information, visit: www.historymiami.org/

Miami Art MuseumMiami Art Museum, a modern and contemporary art museum located in downtown Miami, FL, is dedicated to collecting and exhibiting international art of the 20th and 21st centuries with an emphasis on the cultures of the Atlantic Rim—the Americas, Europe and Africa—from which the vast majority of Miami residents hail. Miami Art Museum (MAM) serves one of the most diverse and fast-growing regions of the country, where a confluence of North and Latin American cultures adds vibrancy and texture to the civic landscape. MAM embraces its role as a cultural anchor and touchstone in a city that welcomes countless ethnic and age groups, lifestyles and ideasFor additional information, visit: www.miamiartmuseum.org/

Miami Museum of ScienceThe Miami Museum of Science features exhibits relating to science and technology, as well as a wonderful planetarium and wildlife center.For additional information, visit: www.miamisci.org/

Important information about your itinerary: Please know that while we do everything we can to finalize all aspects of our programs well in advance, there are logistics that occasionally must be altered. Our website will reflect the most recent information, and we are committed to providing you with final program details no later than eight weeks prior to the start of programs outside the U.S. and three weeks prior to the start of programs within the U.S. If you ever have questions about your program, please don't hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to assist you.

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*Please note that due to the nature of some programs, the remote location or government regulations, listening devices may not be available. If you’d like to know for sure if your program will offer listening devices, just call and ask an Advisor!